NEW AT 5:00 O'CLOCK, HOUSTON IS HIGH ON THE LIST OF CITIES WHERE IT'S DANGEROUS JUST TO GO FOR A WALK. ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, OUR STREETS MAKE THE LIST OF TOP TEN MOST DEADLY FOR PEDESTRIANS. MARK BOYLE JOINING US LIVE IN THE MONTROSE AT ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS ON THAT LIST. MARK? Reporter: BILL, THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF WESTHEIMER AND MULL BERRY BEHIND ME. A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED AT THIS INTERSECTION. THIS IS ONE OF THE DANGEROUS SPOTS ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT RIGHT HERE. THIS JUST ONE OF MANY DANGEROUS LOCATIONS IN OUR AREA AND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WAS JUST RELEASED A FEW HOURS AGO. MORE AND MORE, WE ARE REPORTING ON DEADLY AUTO-PEDESTRIAN CRASHES IN THE HOUSTON AREA. NOW WITH A STUDY BY THE NATIONAL COMPLETE STREETS COALITION AND AARP, IT PROVES A REALITY, IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE A PEDESTRIAN HERE. REINFORCES THE NEED FOR SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR DIFFERENT TYPE OF DESIGN FOR ROADS IN OUR AREA. IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING, GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B ON FOOT. IT'S ALSO FOR BIKERS AND LET'S SAY THE MOM PUSHING THE STROLLER. Reporter: THE STUDY SAYS IN THE HOUSTON METRO OVER THE PAST DECADE, THERE WERE 134 PEDESTRIAN DEATHS. WE MADE NUMBER 7 ON THE OVERALL PEDESTRIAN DANGER LIST. ORLANDO IS NUMBER ONE, FOLLOWED BY TAMPA AND JACKSONVILLE. HOUSTON IS NUMBER 7 THIS YEAR, BUT LOWER ON THE LIST IN YEARS PAST. SO WHY ARE WE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION? I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO TOO WITH POPULATION GROWTH. THIS AREA IS BOOMING ECONOMICALLY. WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER. AND SO MORE PEOPLE ARE HERE, SO THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. ALSO OUR POPULATION IS AGING. WE HAVE 50 PLUS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MAYBE NOT -- CANNOT AFFORD A CAR OR CANNOT DRIVE. Reporter: AARP SAYS SOME OF THE WAYS THESE NUMBERS COULD BE TURNED AROUND INCLUDE ROAD DESIGNERS PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO WALKERS, BIKERS, AND THOSE WHO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WHO OFTENTIMES CROSS MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. SO IF YOU GO ON LINE TO OUR WEB SITE, CLICK2HOUSTON.COM AND CLICK THE HOT BUTTON ON YOUR TUESDAY STORIES, THERE IS A LINK WE POSTED. YOU CAN TYPE IN YOUR INTERSECTION NEAR YOUR HOME AND IT WILL NARROW IT DOWN EXACTLY WHERE THE DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS ARE AND WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS REPORT HAS AND JUST THIS IS ANOTHER REMINDER TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WALKING AROUND. REPORTING LIVE IN MONTROSE, MARK BOYLE, KPRC "LOCAL 2". THANK YOU. MANY OF THESE CASES ARE HIT AND RUN FATAL CRASHES.

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Houston is high on a list of cities where it's dangerous to walk. According to a new study, our streets make the top ten list of most deadly for pedestrians.

More and more, we are reporting on deadly auto-pedestrian crashes in the Houston area. And now with a newly released study by the National Complete Streets Coalition and AARP, it proves the reality -- it is dangerous to be a pedestrian around Houston.

"It reinforces the need for safety for pedestrians and different type of design for roads in our area. It's not just people walking getting from point a to point b on foot, it's also for bikers and the mom pushing the stroller," said Juanita Jiménez-Soto, with the AARP.

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The study says over the past decade in the Houston metro area there were 1,034 pedestrian deaths.

Houston made number seven on the overall pedestrian danger list. Orlando was number one followed by Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, Memphis and Birmingham. Houston was actually lower on the list in years past.

So why is the city going in the wrong direction?

"A lot of it has to do with population growth. This area is booming. Obviously we have a lot to offer and so more people are here so there are more people on the roads," said Jiménez-Soto. "Also our population is aging. We have 50 plus and a lot of people cannot afford a car or cannot drive anymore."

The AARP says some of the ways these numbers could be turned around are road designers paying more attention to walkers, bikers and those who use public transportation who often times cross major intersections.

Many of these cases are hit-and-run fatal crashes, a type of crash police say they are working to curb.

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